University budget reform under pressure - SIMONA CHIOSE, The Globe and Mail

Ontario’s efforts to cut duplication in the university sector are moving so slowly that observers question whether schools will be able to address budget constraints, concerns about educational quality and accountability for student outcomes. Ontario signed agreements with its 44 postsecondary institutions in August that set each school’s goals until the spring of 2017 – what is supposed to be the first step in changing how universities are funded. Rather than increasing budgets based on growth in enrolment, new formulas will take into account the specific strengths of each institution. But interviews with senior university administrators involved in the talks that led to the deals reveal that most schools did not have to compromise on any of the goals set out in earlier drafts. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-budget-reform-under-pressure/article21074892/